The semantics of the future [electronic resource] / Bridget Copley.

This book builds a semantics for several kinds of future-referring expressions, including will sentences, be going to sentences, and futurates. While there exists previous work on future-referring expressions, this is the first treatment of such a variety of expressions in a formal semantic framewor...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Copley, Bridget
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, ©2009.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Studies in linguistics (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:	Grammar, Comparative and general > Temporal constructions. Modality (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general > Aspect. Semantics. Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.